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Rover Metro MOT pass rate by year

How the Rover Metro's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1989 to 1997, across the DVSA record.

What is the Rover Metro MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Rover Metro model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Rover Metro averages 37.1% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198965.4%34.6%5,678
199063.7%36.3%22,448
199163.4%36.6%30,473
199262.8%37.2%37,988
199362.3%37.7%61,700
199462.6%37.4%96,096
199562.7%37.3%10,620
199663.2%36.8%4,585
199765.5%34.5%3,695

Does age change how often a Rover Metro fails?

Older Rover Metros fail more often, as expected. The 1989 cars fail 34.6% of tests against 34.5% for the 1997. Across every year the model averages 37.1%. The 1993 is the weakest year at 37.7%, and the 1997 the strongest at 34.5%.

More on the Rover Metro

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Rover Metro: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Rover models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain